Stockless anchor



' Aug..7, 1923. 1,464.364.

v .e. H. JAMES STOCKLES S ANCHOR Filed Oct. 15 1921 G 6-H Jm- Patentedding". 7, i923.

.1 I aste GEORGE H. JAIMES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'I'OAMERICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ACORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCKLESS ANCHOR.

Application filed October 15, 1921. Serial No. 507,930.

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Be it known that I, Gnoncn H. JAMES, a citizen oi the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Ilennsylvania, have invented the StocklessAnchor, of which the i0llo-w ing is a specification.

One object of this invention is to provide an anchor of the stocklesstype which shall be of such construction as to more quickly dig into thesea bottom and hold more firmly than has heretofore been possible withthe constructions heretofore employed ;--the arrangcmcnt of parts beingsuch as to permit of a relatively greatangular ll'lOVOlIlQIlt in anydirection of the shank relatively to the body of the anchor.

Another object of my invention is to provide an anchor having the abovecharacteristics, whose construction shall be such as to permit it to beeasily kept clean and will permit of its being quickly and easily stowedin a hawse pipe. its construction being such that it possesses thequalities necessary to permit it to be used either as a mushroom anchor,a kedge. or a mooring anchor.

I also desire to provide an anchor of the above type which in additionto being of a simple. construction, may be inexpensive to manufactureand quickly and easily assembled.

These objects and other advantageous ends I attain hereinafter setforth, refcrencc being had to the accompanying drawings. in which,

Fig, 1 is a plan oi? an anchor constructed in accordance with myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1; and

Fig. 8 is a section similar to Fig. 2 with the shank and its retainingring removed.

In the above drawings, 1 represents a shank. which in the presentinstance consists of an elongated bar having one end enlarged in theform of a ball-shaped head. 2, while its opposite end is provided withan opening; 3 for the reception of a rope or cable. The body of theanchor consists of a casting having a central crown or hollow hub --itformed with three ilukcs 5 radiating from it at equal distances fromeach other. The center lines of these flukes are thus 120 apart and eachof them has the conventional outline of a fish tail, beingdouble-pointed and laterally extended. The edges 6 of the dukes arerelatively sharp and they are angularly displaced toward the shank 1from a plane at right angles to the line thereof at an angle of somewhatless than in the present instance, although this may be varied withoutdeparting from my invention.

The cavity of the socket structure 4: has at one end an openingsufiicient to permit of the free passage of the body of the shank 1without allowing passage of the spherical head 2 and is sphericallycurved internally to provide a bearing for said head. The cavity 01":said socket has a second and larger opening 7 opposite said firstopening, which like it is preferably circular in outline and of adiameter sufficient to permit entrance of the head 2.

In the walls of the cavity of the socket structure adjacent this latteropening is an annular recess 8 for the reception of a split ring 9 ofspring steel or equivalent material whose ends are sufliciently farapart to permit of their being forcibly brought together in order topermit of its insertion through said opening 7. When fully expanded inthe annular recess 8 however, said ring is designed to retain in thesocket the head 2 of the anchor, since the diameter of said head isgreater than the opening through the rin 9.

l lith the above described arrangementof parts the shank 1. is free toturn axially relatively to the body oi the anchor and also may swing inany direction through a relatively wide angle from its position in linewith the axis of said body. The relatively wide twin flukes of theanchor will quickly dig into the sand or mud sea bottom and willeffectually hold thereto, since the adjacent points 6 of any twoadjacent twin flukes project in substantially parallel lines and haveconsiderable lateral breadth. Fun ther, owing to the wide lateral extentor the dukes under conditions of use the device possesses thecharacteristics of a mushroomkedgeand mooring-anchor.

I claim:

An anchor having more than two double pointed fiukes, each of saidfiukes having pointed extremities and the medial. lines of the pointedextremities of each fluke extending substantially parallel with themedial lines of adjacent extremities of adjacent dukes respectively.

GEORGE H. JAMES.

